Biographies: Henry Lehrman - Writer

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He was an American producer and director, born on March 30, 1886, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria. In 1906, he emigrated to the United States, and in 1909, while working as a trolley conductor, he launched his career in the film industry. Lehrman started L-KO (Lehrman Knock-Out) Pictures on his own, producing two-reel comedies for Universal to distribute. By 1917, he was directing the Sunshine comedies for Fox, where he was employed. He retired from acting in 1916 to devote himself to directing and producing. He is known for Why Sailors Go Wrong (1928), Reported Missing (1922), and On Time (1924). He passed away on November 7, 1946, in Hollywood, California, USA, from heart failure.

• 3 November 2022
• Salma El-Sharkawy